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Dem governor in hot seat after whistleblower rips disturbing sentencing pattern for illegal child rapists

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A former Massachusetts shelter director-turned-whistleblower is calling the sentencing of yet another illegal alien for raping a child at a taxpayer-funded shelter further evidence of a «total government failure» in the sanctuary state.
Haitian illegal alien Cory Alvarez, 27, was found guilty of aggravated rape of a child at a migrant shelter in Rockland, Massachusetts, and sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison, according to NBC 10 Boston.
Alvarez was arrested by Rockland police in 2024 on suspicion of sexual assault on a 15-year-old female victim. Both Alvarez and the victim were living at a state-run shelter at a Comfort Inn.
Alvarez was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in August. According to the agency, he entered the country lawfully in 2023 but violated the terms of his admittance, meaning he was present in the country illegally.
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Haitian illegal Cory Bernard Alvarez was sentenced for rape of a child at a state-run shelter in Massachusetts. (ICE)
In response, Fetherston, who ran a similar migrant shelter in Marlborough, Massachusetts, from 2023 to 2024, said Alvarez’s sentencing «exposes a much bigger problem.»
«Call it what you will, but this is total government failure,» he said. «You have documented cases now of these girls being assaulted in shelters run with taxpayer dollars. No one at the top, including Governor Maura Healey, is taking any of the responsibility.»
Fetherston has previously blown the whistle on «rampant» sexual abuse of children taking place in the Massachusetts-run shelter system.
Speaking with Fox News Digital in February, he detailed the case of another Haitian illegal alien, Ronald Joseph, who raped and impregnated his own 14-year-old daughter at the Marlborough shelter. Fetherston said that when he and the authorities confronted Joseph about the rape, he became agitated and threatened him. Despite the gravity of the crime, Fetherston said he was instructed to order Joseph a ride to another state-run shelter.
Joseph was not arrested until months later. He has since been sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison for aggravated rape of a child.
Fetherston said that these two cases are not isolated but rather part of a larger disturbing pattern of child sexual abuse that has largely gone unpunished.
«The state didn’t protect these children, and when you don’t protect children, you have no moral authority to run these programs,» he said, adding, «If you’re not going to protect children, you shouldn’t be in office.»
Earlier this year, a Healey spokesperson told the Boston Herald that the governor «inherited a disaster of a shelter system» and that Healey «is the one who took action to implement a length of stay limit, mandate criminal background checks, require residents to prove Massachusetts residency and lawful immigration status, and get families out of hotels.»
Fetherston said that despite claims that shelter residents had all been vetted through criminal background checks, «not a single one of these people was vetted» and «nobody knows who they are.»
«The governor opened up the doors wide open and didn’t vet anybody, and that is on her,» he said.
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Alvarez entered the United States lawfully in 2023 in New York City. (Fox News)
He also noted that «98 percent of the people that I was dealing with were really good people and they were just here to make a better life for themselves. But the 2% that weren’t were some of the worst people I have ever seen.»
He emphasized that «all of these shelters are paid for with taxpayer dollars.»
«The taxpayers need to realize that essentially, and horribly, you’re funding these rapes and assaults of little girls,» he said, adding, «Nobody wants that.»
In August, Healey ordered the closure of the state’s shelter system and made some of the residents eligible to receive at least $30,000 in state housing assistance over a two-year period.
Since then, Fetherston said that local police have told him there has been an uptick in auto accidents. He also said that school districts, especially in small-town communities, have been overwhelmed by the influx of foreign students.
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey visit the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex, which was being used to house more than 300 migrants. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
«Where do you pull the money from? Do you pull money from police? Do you pull the money from fire? Do you not fix the roads that year? Because you do have to educate these children. So, I mean it has devastating effects on small communities.»
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Fox News Digital previously reported that Alvarez arrived in June under the parole process for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV) instituted by the Biden administration. The policy was first announced for Venezuelans in October 2022, which allowed a limited number to fly directly into the U.S. as long as they had not entered illegally, had a sponsor in the U.S. already and passed certain checks.
Fox News Digital reached out to Healey’s office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
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Irán pone a Europa en su punto de mira con los misiles lanzados contra la isla Diego García: “Ya no hay vuelta atrás”

Irán lanzó esta semana dos misiles balísticos de alcance intermedio contra la base militar estadounidense-británica de Diego García, en el océano Índico, revelando capacidades militares que superan lo que muchos analistas creían posible y que, por primera vez, ponen a ciudades europeas dentro del radio de alcance del arsenal iraní.
El ataque, producido en las primeras horas del viernes, fue el primero en que Irán empleó misiles de esta categoría. Uno de los proyectiles falló durante el vuelo; el otro fue neutralizado por un destructor estadounidense que lanzó interceptores SM-3 desde posiciones cercanas a la base. Ninguno impactó en el objetivo, pero el solo hecho de haberlos disparado cambió el mapa estratégico del conflicto.
La distancia entre Irán y Diego García supera los 4.000 kilómetros, una cifra que equivale aproximadamente a la que separa a Teherán de Londres o París. Hasta el viernes, las propias autoridades iraníes sostenían públicamente que el alcance máximo de sus misiles no superaba los 2.000 kilómetros. El ataque desmintió esa afirmación de manera contundente.

Analistas consultados por The Wall Street Journal señalaron que la complejidad técnica de estos misiles sugiere que Irán preparó el lanzamiento mucho antes del inicio de la guerra, dado que sería difícil haber completado ese desarrollo bajo los bombardeos de las últimas semanas. Algunos especialistas apuntan a que Irán podría haber adaptado uno de sus lanzadores espaciales civiles para uso militar.

“Ya no hay vuelta atrás”, advirtió Jeffrey Lewis, experto en control de armamentos del Instituto Middlebury. “Este es un hecho: Irán tiene misiles balísticos de alcance intermedio.” Lewis añadió que el cruce de esa línea aumenta el riesgo de que el régimen reconsidere también su postura respecto al desarrollo de armas nucleares, un programa que Teherán ha negado sistemáticamente pero que el conflicto actual podría acelerar.
Danny Citrinowicz, quien dirigió durante años el área de análisis sobre Irán en la inteligencia militar israelí, apuntó al significado político del lanzamiento tanto como al técnico. “Muestra hasta dónde está llegando el proceso de toma de decisiones hacia el extremo”, afirmó al WSJ, sugiriendo que el ataque a Diego García refleja un régimen que ha abandonado los cálculos de prudencia que históricamente moderaron sus respuestas militares.
Farzin Nadimi, investigador especializado en Irán en el Washington Institute, agregó otra capa de incertidumbre: aún no está claro si los misiles disparados habrían podido alcanzar efectivamente Diego García, dado que ninguno impactó en el objetivo. Construir misiles de largo alcance que funcionen de manera confiable es técnicamente complejo, precisó, debido a las tensiones extremas que experimentan los proyectiles durante el vuelo.

El primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, retomó estas conclusiones este domingo durante una visita a Arad, en el sur de Israel, donde el sábado por la noche un misil iraní impactó en un barrio residencial sin ser interceptado. Desde los escombros, Netanyahu fue directo: “Dispararon un misil balístico intercontinental sobre Diego García. Son 4.000 kilómetros. He estado advirtiendo todo el tiempo: ahora tienen la capacidad de llegar profundamente a Europa”.
“Están poniendo a todos en su mira”, agregó el premier, en referencia también al bloqueo iraní del estrecho de Ormuz. “Están cortando una ruta marítima internacional, una ruta energética, e intentando chantajear al mundo entero.”
Netanyahu aprovechó la visita para llamar a los líderes mundiales a sumarse a la ofensiva conjunta israelí-estadounidense contra Irán. “Es hora de que los líderes del resto de los países se sumen. Me complace decir que veo que algunos empiezan a avanzar en esa dirección, pero se necesita más”, afirmó, sin precisar qué países ni en qué capacidad. El presidente Donald Trump ha expresado en repetidas ocasiones su frustración por la escasa respuesta internacional de apoyo a la campaña militar.
Por su parte, el Ejército israelí publicó ayer un mapa en redes sociales mostrando el radio de acción de los misiles iraníes, con Londres, París y Berlín dentro del alcance. “El régimen terrorista iraní representa una amenaza global”, señaló el comunicado militar israelí, recordando que ya en junio de 2025, durante la Operación León Naciente, Israel había advertido sobre el desarrollo de estos proyectiles, advertencia que Teherán negó en ese momento.
El Reino Unido respondió al ataque ampliando el acceso estadounidense a sus bases en todo el mundo para operaciones contra Irán. El Ministerio de Defensa británico calificó los ataques como “una amenaza para los intereses británicos y sus aliados”. El canciller iraní, Abbas Araghchi, advirtió a Londres que permitir el uso de sus instalaciones equivale a “participar en la agresión”.
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Netanyahu visitó uno de los lugares impactados por los misiles iraníes en el sur de Israel: “Estamos aplastando al enemigo”

El primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, visitó este domingo la localidad de Arad, en el sur de Israel, donde el sábado por la noche un misil iraní impactó entre edificios residenciales sin ser interceptado por los sistemas de defensa del país. Ante un grupo reducido de periodistas seleccionados por su gabinete, Netanyahu aseguró que Israel está “aplastando al enemigo”, advirtió que Irán ya tiene capacidad para alcanzar el centro de Europa y llamó a los líderes mundiales a sumarse a la ofensiva conjunta con Estados Unidos.
“En las últimas 48 horas, Irán atacó una zona civil”, afirmó Netanyahu señalando los escombros a su alrededor. “Lo están usando como arma de asesinato masivo. Por suerte, nadie murió, pero fue solo suerte”, añadió.
El premier fue más allá en su diagnóstico sobre el alcance de la amenaza iraní. Citó el reciente lanzamiento de un misil balístico intercontinental contra la base militar británico-estadounidense de Diego García, en el océano Índico, como prueba de que Irán ha desarrollado capacidades que superan las estimaciones previas. “Dispararon un misil balístico intercontinental a Diego García. Son 4.000 kilómetros. He estado advirtiendo todo el tiempo: ahora tienen la capacidad de llegar profundamente a Europa”, señaló.
“Están poniendo a todos en su mira. Están cortando una ruta marítima internacional, una ruta energética, e intentando chantajear al mundo entero”, agregó, en referencia al bloqueo iraní del estratégico estrecho de Ormuz. “Es hora de que los líderes del resto de los países se sumen.”
Netanyahu indicó que algunos países “comienzan a moverse en esa dirección”, sin precisar cuáles ni en qué capacidad, pero advirtió que “se necesita más”. El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump ha expresado en reiteradas ocasiones su frustración por la escasa respuesta internacional de apoyo a la ofensiva.
El primer ministro también condenó los ataques iraníes en las cercanías de lugares santos en Jerusalén. “Dispararon sobre Jerusalén, justo al lado de los lugares sagrados de las tres religiones monoteístas: el Muro de los Lamentos, la Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro y la Mezquita de Al-Aqsa. Por un milagro, ninguno resultó dañado, pero estaban apuntando a los sitios sagrados de las tres grandes religiones monoteístas”, denunció.
Consultado sobre cómo responderá Israel a los ataques contra civiles, Netanyahu fue contundente: “Respondemos con gran fuerza, pero no contra civiles. Vamos tras el régimen, tras los Guardianes de la Revolución, esa banda criminal, y los perseguimos personalmente: a sus líderes, sus instalaciones, sus activos económicos. Los estamos persiguiendo con mucha firmeza.”
El misil caído sobre Arad dejó más de 60 heridos, diez de ellos graves, incluido un niño en estado crítico. A 30 kilómetros, en Dimona —sede de la mayor instalación nuclear israelí—, otro misil impactó en circunstancias similares. En total, unas 120 personas resultaron heridas en ambos ataques. El ministro de Exteriores, Gideon Saar, también visitó la zona y afirmó que fue “un milagro” que nadie muriera.
La jornada del domingo dejó además un ataque con misil balístico de ojiva de racimo sobre Tel Aviv, que dispersó submuniciones sobre una amplia zona urbana y dejó 15 heridos, uno grave. En el norte, Hezbolá mató a al menos una persona. El balance diario del Ministerio de Salud israelí contabilizó un muerto y 303 heridos en menos de 24 horas. Desde el inicio del conflicto el 28 de febrero, los heridos hospitalizados en Israel suman 4.564.
En total la guerra dejó 16 muertos en Israel frente a más de 1.200 reconocidos por Irán solo en la primera semana de la ofensiva, y más de un millar de fallecidos en Líbano.
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Churchill, Shakespeare and the UK flag all under siege in modern Britain, commentators say

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Over a century ago, Britain was seen as the place to be. It pioneered science, including medicine. It built industries such as railroads, major bridges and created a strong middle class. And despite what some would say, it was the only major empire that abolished slavery and policed the oceans, at its own considerable expense, to make sure other countries didn’t enslave people. And it had the largest Navy in the World. Now, many say that all seems like a distant memory.
The latest controversy involves images or statues of some of the United Kingdom’s most lauded people. The face of Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister during WWII, is being removed from the five-pound note by the Bank of England. The Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called the decision «absolutely crackers,» noting the proposal was to replace Churchill and others with a picture of a beaver.
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Churchill’s statue in Westminster was vandalized in 2020 and again last month. Churchill led the defense of Britain, which was the only country in Europe that didn’t fall during WWII.
«Decades of woke education policy have taught people to deny and decry the history of this country as it is deemed to be oppressive, racist and unfair,» Alan Mendoza, founder and executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital. He says the teaching labor unions controlled by the hard left have enforced their agenda on generations of pupils. «It is no surprise, therefore, that at least some of their victims have imbibed this philosophy and are acting on it.»
In this photo illustration, some 5 pounds banknotes and Winston Churchill are displayed on a table. (Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Statues of British people who lived centuries ago have been targeted to be pulled down and then destroyed. Some of these efforts have been successful. Some have not. William Gladstone, Robert Peel, James Cook, and Francis Drake were targeted for destruction by activists, according to Sky News. These men were, respectively, a reformist prime minister, the founder of the police force, a naval explorer and a privateer. Luckily, their statues remain largely intact.
Now William Shakespeare is under attack. Apparently, being white is a bad thing, and some say the Bard was really a black woman. The activist summary is that Shakespeare might be used to advocate white nationalism.
These attempts to erase high-achieving Brits from history might appear trivial, Matt Goodwin, a GB News Presenter, wrote on X. «It matters far more than many people realize,» he wrote. «Across the Western World, an assortment of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion [DEI] bureaucrats, radical activists, and increasingly compliant public institutions are engaged in a cultural project that seeks to delegitimize our national.»

The statue of Sir Winston Churchill, which was defaced overnight with red paint and the words «Free Palestine», in Parliament Square, London, Britain, February 27, 2026. (REUTERS/Carlos Jasso)
It’s not just statues and images that have been targeted. Flying your own country’s flag can get you in trouble. Left-wingers in Britain, such as Labour Party supporters, often view the flying of the United Kingdom’s Union Flag, or England’s George Cross, as racist or anti-immigration.
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«So strong has become the voice of DEI and immigrants that any sign of a proud U.K. gets denounced,» Ben Habib, founder of the Advance UK political party, told Fox News Digital. «DEI cannot bear strong nations – it wants them set aside so minorities feel at «home».
Habib also notes there’s an added complication with the Union and St. George’s flags – they both represent Christian Saints. «That is offensive to the growing numbers practicing foreign religions in the U.K.,» he told Fox News Digital.

British MP Robert Jenrick climbed a post Newark, U.K. to hang a British flag. (Robert Jenrick via X)
Much of this flag-hating began following the invasion of Israel by Hamas, an Iran-backed terrorist organization. The U.K. then witnessed a surge in Palestinian flags flying on public buildings. This upset more than a few British patriots, who then stepped out with the British flags. «We need to start cohering around national stories and symbols, and the flag is the most visual way of doing that,» says Colin Brazier, a British culture commentator had previously told Fox News Digital.
Planning authorities, usually the local U.K. councils, do not need to grant permission for people to fly either the Union Flag or the George Cross. Other flags are seen as an advertisement. However, spray-painting a George Cross on a building that’s not yours is not allowed.
Despite the George Cross being seen as anti-immigrant in the U.K., the historical St. George, who died approximately 1700 years ago, is mentioned in the Koran as a friend of Moses. And some religious scholars suggest he is a servant of God.

A detail of the newly discovered portrait of William Shakespeare, presented by the Shakespeare Birthplace trust, is seen in central London, Monday March 9, 2009. The portrait, believed to be almost the only authentic image of the writer made from life, has belonged to one family for centuries but was not recognized as a portrait of Shakespeare until recently. There are very few likenesses of Shakespeare, who died in 1616. (Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photo)
At the same time, Britain’s economy has slowed to a near total stop under the present center-left Starmer government. The unemployment rate increased to 5.4% in December, up from 3.6% in August 2022, according to data from Trading Economics. The country’s GDP growth has been stuck at 1% or less since the first quarter of 2022.
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Part of the rush to take up flags may be the disastrous economy in Britain. One outstanding, poorly thought-through government policy came from the Labour Party, which mandated an increase in National Insurance contributions (the U.S. equivalent to FICA) by corporations, undermining any chance of increasing employment, as the jump in costs effectively acted as a tax on employment.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Saunders contributed to this report.
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